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DC Court upholds major FERC storage order, should lead to massive new battery markets across the US
This morning, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld
a major federal rule (FERC Order 841) that should lead to significantly
expanded battery storage use in wholesale markets across America. In a hotly contested case, a…
Biden Pledges $2T in Clean Energy and Infrastructure Spending
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, further detailed the clean energy and infrastructure plans he would pursue if elected, including $2 trillion in spending over four years.The $2 trillion…
New survey shows cleantech firms plan to expand in 2020 despite COVID-19 setbacks
A recent survey by Hyperion Executive Search, a talent acquisition
company that works with clean energy and e-mobility, found that despite
COVID-19, most cleantech companies plan to expand in 2020. 61% of the surveyed cleantech
firms…
Iberdrola moves forward with its largest battery storage system
Today, Ingeteam said that Scottish Power Renewables, Iberdrola’s subsidiary in the UK, awarded it a contract to supply equipment for Iberdrola’s biggest ever lithium-ion battery storage system. The project will provide back-up for…
Solar flow battery breakthrough combines PV generation and storage in one device
A US-led research collaboration including a team of PV scientists from Australia has produced an ultra-efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery – a way to generate, store and re-deliver renewable electricity from the sun in one…
Duke Looks to Improve on FPL’s Playbook as It Proposes Shared Solar in Florida
When NextEra-owned utility Florida Power & Light proposed its 1.5-gigawatt shared solar program last year, it was both criticized as a utility overstep on the community solar model and lauded as a significant milestone for Florida’s…
World’s largest green hydrogen project will convert renewable energy to ammonia then back to…
Today,
Air Products, ACWA Power, and NEOM announced a new $5B green hydrogen facility
that will be sited in NEOM, Saudi Arabia. The project will use 4 GW of
renewable power from solar, wind and storage to produce 650 tons of carbon-free…
Top 5 US Storage Owners: NextEra Saw the Potential Early and Never Stopped Building
This is the final installment in GTM Squared’s countdown of the leading battery asset owners in the U.S. The series, looking at the five biggest owners of currently operational front-of-the-meter batteries, previously covered Duke Energy,…
Dutch charging station company looks to plug in to U.S. electric vehicle growth
EVBox expects about 100 employees by the end of 2020 at a new North American headquarters outside Chicago. Correction: Level 3 charging stations can provide a full charge in as little as 15 minutes. An earlier version of this story…
‘Enormous Step’ for Energy Storage as Court Upholds FERC Order 841, Opening Wholesale Markets
In a victory for the energy storage industry, a federal appeals court has upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 841, clearing the way for transmission grid operators across the country to open their markets to energy…